[Qgis-user] free DEM data in QGis

[jonathanmoules at warwickshire.gov.uk]

Hi Torsten,
        If your question is how do you get the (SRTM) data, try something 
like:
 http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/NewEarthExplorer/ - Earth Explorer from the 
USGS
Or http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/ - or various other places.
        If you just want to use it as a basemap then I'm guessing you just 
add it like a regular raster. If you want to use it to drape other data 
over so you can do 3D I'm not sure if QGIS could do that or if it would be 
the best solution - there are other open-source GIS's for that.
Hope that helps.
Jonathan



From:   Torsten Lange <tlange at gwdg.de>
To:     Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
Date:   02/08/2011 23:55
Subject:        [Qgis-user] free DEM data in QGis
Sent by:        qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org



Hi!

I'm novice to use free DEM data. I work on a medium (~60km) scale area in 
Germany. It's basically about geology. As don't need accurate DEM data for 
the 
time being I read through google that gtopo30 or (even better ?) DTED data 

from German Aerospace Center may be utilized, which are all free of 
charge.

Actually I don't know where to start. Could anyone please give some 
comments 
about how would be the general procedure to load those data into QGis? 
Useful 
links are appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Torsten
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